Return to the center

Herzog, Lawrence A.

Return to the center culture, public space, and city building in a global era / [electronic resource] : Culture, public space, and city building in a global era text and photographs by Lawrence A. Herzog. - 1st ed. - Austin : University of Texas Press, 2006. - xxi, 273 p. : ill., maps. - Roger Fullington series in architecture . - Roger Fullington series in architecture. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-266) and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Culture, public space, and cities -- The city and public space in Spain -- Modernity and public space in crisis: contemporary Madrid -- "City of architects": public space and the resurgence of Barcelona -- Spain meets Mesoamerica: the city and public space in Mexico -- Revitalizing historic centers in urban Mexico: politics and public space -- The globalization of urban form: transcultural public spaces along the Mexico-United States international border -- Return to the center? politics, Latino culture, and public space.


Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
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Uk


Public spaces--Social aspects--Spain--Case studies.
Public spaces--Social aspects--Mexico--Case studies.
City planning--Social aspects.
Architecture and society.


Electronic books.

NA9053.S6 / H47 2006eb

711/.40946